The things going on

So far, the story is somewhat still beginning to develop. I feel like I want to say some of the things that are going on so far. When he gets the bread, I feel like he knows what he's doing and he takes out the mercury, if not most of it, because he doesn't seem to have a bad effect on him. Also, when the house floats down the river, is the house really a victim of the flood or the crime that occurred there? Finally, does he actually sell the "big" fish that he catches to the town market? I think that they the story will reveal the answers somewhere nearer the end of the book.

Floating House?